Ubuntu GTK1.2 Remix

But to be honest, it’s something I had been thinking about for a long time — which I kind of admitted a while ago. This should, if my plan goes through, give me an Ubuntu system that doesn’t take quite so long to set up the way I like it.

I doubt it’s anything new. Somewhere around this Internets there has to be somebody who has already swirled together a strictly GTK1.2 Ubuntu disc.

But since I went through the effort, I figured I’d share it. What the heck. I don’t even really know if the download link works; WordPress.com has always managed to bite me on the behind when it comes to attachments.

Give it a try and see what happens. As far as I know, it won’t steal your credit card number or kick your dog. So that’s two bonuses already. ;)

I find this is pretty easy and works well. I wanted to make it easier to revise and update the iso, so I wrote a a BASH script to perform the steps.

Besides doing it just for the hell of it, I want to build a rescue & recovery CD for my own use. There are lots of them out there already – I like System Rescue CD, RIP, Trinity Rescue Kit, etc., but none was just what I wanted.

I have been working on my own Ubuntu-based live CD, for rescue & data recovery. After a few successful builds I decided to make a BASH script to semi-automate the process. Seems to be working pretty good, as I continue to improve the live CD.

I even have a few things I’ve back-ported from gtk2 -like the minimo browser and others which I have hacked on -I have a highly-pathced version of ROX-Filer for gtk-1 with some features of later versions back-ported. I also use a unique version of gtk-1.2 itself which I put together using patches from about 10 distros -the file-selector widget is completely uniique as it combines dressed-up features from -uummm, gento and suse I think it was.

Anyone who knows of other gtk1 apps which are not on my site -please contact me directly via e-mail. I’d also love to have contact with aynone who knows a bit of C and gtk programming who could help with fixing or back-porting a couple of other apps.